2105 Latin Proverbs / Page 49
961.
It is better to be always prepared than to suffer once.962.
It is better to be born lucky than rich.963.
It is better to enjoy what we possess than to hanker after other things.964.
It is better to fly than to remain in disgrace.965.
It is better to give than to receive.966.
It is better to satisfy our hunger than to be clothed in purple.967.
It is better to say nothing than not enough.968.
It is better to turn back than to persevere in an evil course.969.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.970.
It is but fair that he who requires indulgence for his own offences should grant it to others.971.
It is cruel to refer to those things which cause sorrow.972.
It is easier to pull down than to build up.973.
It is easier to raise the Devil than to lay him.974.
It is easier to run from virtue to vice, than from vice to virtue.975.
It is easier to win good luck than to retain it.976.
It is easy to set a cask a rolling.977.
It is good to be taught even by an enemy.978.
It is honourable to be accused by those who deserve to be accused.979.
It is inexcusable to have remained long away, and return empty-handed.980.
It is more difficult to bridle the tongue than to conquer an army.